Faculty Profile Name: Dharani Munusamy Designation: Associate Professor Teaching Areas: Accounting for Managers, Financial Management, Investment and Portfolio Management Research Interests: Islamic Finance, Corporate Finance, Investor sentiment, Asset Pricing and Financial development & growth Education: Ph.D. (Shariah Investment) Pondicherry University, 2013. PGDS. (Statistics), Pondicherry University, Puducherry. 2010 M.Phil., (Finance) Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 2008 M.Com., (Business Finance), Pondicherry University, 2007 UGC-NET Examination 2010, 2012, June 2013 & Dec 2013. Professional Experience: (12 Years) 1. 2015-Present: Assistant Professor, IFHE, IBS Hyderabad, Telangana, India 2. 2012-2015: Department of Commerce, Loyola College (Autonomous), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India 3. 2007-2012: Research scholar, Department of Commerce, Pondicherry Univesity, Puducherry, India Research / Selected Publications: 1. Vighneswara Swamy, and Dharani, M. (2019). The Dynamics of Finance-Growth Nexus in Advanced Economies. International Review of Economics and Finance. Vol. 64, pp.122-146. (Elsevier and Scopus & ABDC “A”). 2. Vighneswara Swamy, Dharani, M., & Fumiko Takeda. (2019). Investor attention and Google Search Volume Index: Evidence from an emerging market using quantile regression analysis. Research in International Business and Finance. Vol. 50 (4), pp. 1-17. (Elsevier and Scopus & ABDC “B”). 3. Dharani, M. (2019). Does Ramadan influence the stock market return: evidence form Shariah Index in India. Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research. Vol. 10 (4), pp. 565-579. (Emerald and Scopus & ABDC “C”). 4. Dharani, M., Kabir Hassan, M., and Andrea Paltrinieri. (2019). Faith-based norms and portfolio performance: Evidence from India. Global Finance Journal. Vol. 41 (3), pp. 79-89. (Elsevier and Scopus & ABDC “B”). 5. Dharani, M. (2018). Islamic Calendar and Stock Market Behaviour in India. International Journal of Social Economics. Vol. 45 (11), pp. 1550-1566. (Emerald and Scopus & ABDC “B”). .